Hello, tell me the most ridiculous thing you ever spent money on for a pet and how much it cost. (It's for a radio thing so I may end up reading it out...)
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I (Irish farming background with, ahem, ‘traditional’ attitudes to aging dogs) was aghast at the prospect.
Equally aghast at the effects…. She (15yr old springer) would be like a pup again for a week after it.
Mine too. People have opinions about it, that's cool, I just prefer results. My dog had epilepsy - tried a ton of medical and other options. First chiro visit, stopped having seizures. Don't have to convince a dog - if it works, it works. So I became a chiro.
This little man loves tennis balls, and we live on sand so they basically become an emery board when he chews them. I was unaware dogs could have root canals, but here we are...
It will probably be a catio or cat fencing which is likely to cost at least £2k. Ridiculous cost, but I love them and want them to enjoy some outside time without them going to get out on the main busy road and get run over.
£15 (in about 1985) to amputate the "turned-inside-out" pouch of a greedy hamster (which was already about 5 years old). the vet enjoyed it because he said "you only ever read about this in books"
We’re currently on our third glucose monitor for Timbits the cat, am just about to order a baby gro for her so she stops biting the darn things off at £60 a pop!
A weekend at the sea just for them to meet the breeder again, and their mother, some of their sisters, brother, etc. The meeting was 3 hours.
In fairness, we made the most of it for all the family, them included.
don't know if it counts but when our family labrador got quite old and fussy with food my (French) dad would sprinkle some grated gruyere over his kibble every day, which I found very funny and sweet
One of those electronic automatic cat toys, which she got bored of after approximately two minutes before it subsequently broke. She much prefers playing with bits of scrunched up tin foil.
There are so many. The cat radiator bed that was never used, infact all the cat beds I ever bought and the £0000's on a titanium frame for her hips that kept her going for another decade (good bye savings) but worth it.
It's only a little thing, but my daughter's guinea pigs will only eat the Sainsbury's "Taste The Difference" Cavolo Nero, and not the (much cheaper!) bog-standard kale.
In fact, generally, the piggies (Wiggles and Scamper) have much nicer veg than the rest of the family!
Beautiful soft bed, about £50 (probably made from panda fir and stitched with thread made from the hair of a unicorn’s mane at that price) lovingly placed next to the fire five years ago, has never, ever been used….
I spent hours manually labelling images and feeding them into an AI so it could correctly identify Brenda, a neighbourhood cat and my nemesis before she could steal all our cat food since she can bypass our fancy microchip cat flap. I hate Brenda with all my heart.
She has her own webpage because she steals so many socks and other items from people's houses they needed a way to exchange them. I built a remote controlled water pistol to deter her. She learned where it was. I'm now building a 60lbs force magnetic locking cat flap. She is a demon in feline form.
I must admit I'm slightly torn between my love of a good, heroic undercat story and the reality of her nicking all my bloody cat food. I feel like the villain in a Disney film.
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I (Irish farming background with, ahem, ‘traditional’ attitudes to aging dogs) was aghast at the prospect.
Equally aghast at the effects…. She (15yr old springer) would be like a pup again for a week after it.
Our greyhound took up too much room on the standard double.
In fairness, we made the most of it for all the family, them included.
After 6 weeks? She dived out the cat flap and we never saw her again 😳🤦♂️🐈
I think she associated our house with prison after her ordeal !!
In fact, generally, the piggies (Wiggles and Scamper) have much nicer veg than the rest of the family!
She hooks a claw round the edge of the flap and pulls it outward :|